New Video Game Releases Week 39, 2016

Here is the list of this week’s new video game releases. Popular video games released this week are: Forza Horizon 3, FIFA 17, the Hitman 2016 – Episode 5: Colorado DLC, and XCOM 2 on consoles.

The avalanche of Fall releases begins here! 😀

New retail releases are:

  • Dead Rising 2 – Remastered (PS4, Xbox One)
  • FIFA 17 (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
  • Forza Horizon 3 (Xbox One, PC)
  • HORI Pikachu Premium Gold Protector for New Nintendo 3DS XL Officially Licensed by Nintendo & Pokemon (3DS Accessory)
  • LEGO Dimensions – A Team Fun Pack
  • LEGO Dimensions – Adventure Time Level Pack
  • LEGO Dimensions – Adventure Time Team Pack
  • LEGO Dimensions – A-Team Fun Pack
  • LEGO Dimensions – Ghostbusters Story Pack
  • LEGO Dimensions – Harry Potter Team Pack
  • LEGO Dimensions – Mission Impossible Level Pack
  • LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack (PS4)
  • PlayStation 4 Camera – With Adjustable Stand (PS4 Accessory)
  • Quantum Break: Timeless Collector’s Edition (PC)
  • Rogue Wizards – Online Code (PC/Mac)
  • Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition (PS4, PSV, Wii U)
  • Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (3DS)
  • Xbox One S 500GB Console – Minecraft Bundle (Xbox One Hardware)
  • XCOM 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
  • Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits (3DS) — Note: Friday USA release.
  • Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls (3DS) — Note: Friday USA release.

New downloadable games include:

  • Newly available on the PlayStation Store: [updates Tuesday]
    PS+ Free Games in September: Lords of the Fallen (PS4), Journey (PS4, PS3), Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PS3), Datura (PS3), Badland (PS Vita, PS4, PS3), Amnesia: Memories (PS Vita).
    PS+ Free Games in October: Resident Evil (PS4), Transformers: Devastation (PS4), Mad Riders (PS3), From Dust (PS3), Code: Realize – Guardian of Rebirth (PS Vita), Actual Sunlight (PS Vita).
    PS4: Arcade Archives Contra, Darkest Dungeon, Lichtspeer, Mount & Blade: Warband, Wand Wars, Zheros.
    PS4 Retail Downloads: FIFA 17, XCOM 2, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
    PS4 Add-Ons: Hitman 2016 – Episode 5: Colorado DLC.
    PS3 Retail Downloads: FIFA 17.
    PS Vita: Darkest Dungeon.
    PS Vita Retail Downloads: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
  • What’s added on Xbox Live Marketplace: [updates Wednesday]
    Xbox One Free Games with Gold in September: Earthlock: Festival of Magic all month and from the 16th you also get Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China.
    Xbox One Free Games with Gold in October: Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings all month and from the 16th you also get The Escapists.
    Xbox One: Axiom Verge, Necropolis, Beyond Flesh & Blood.
    Xbox One Retail Downloads: Forza Horizon 3, FIFA 17, XCOM 2, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
    Xbox One Add-Ons: Hitman 2016 – Episode 5: Colorado DLC.
    Xbox 360 Free Games with Gold in September: Forza Horizon until the 15th and from the 16th you also get Mirror’s Edge.
    Xbox 360 Free Games with Gold in October: I Am Alive until the 15th and from the 16th you also get MX vs ATV Reflex.
    Xbox Live Arcade: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, Valhalla Hills, Zenith.
    Xbox Games on Demand: FIFA 17.
  • New games on the 3DS & Wii U eShop: [updates Thursday]
    3DS Retail Downloads: Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice.
    3DS eShop: River City: Tokyo Rumble, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, Ninja Usagimaru – The Mysterious Karakuri Castle, Quest of Dungeons, Noah’s Cradle.
    3DS Add-Ons: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice: Special Episode DLC.
    3DS Virtual Console: Unannounced as of yet.
    Wii U Retail Downloads: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
    Wii U eShop: SteamWorld Heist, Soul Axiom, Quest of Dungeons, SDK Spriter.
    Wii U Add-Ons: FAST Racing NEO: NEO Future Pack DLC, SteamWorld Heist: The Outsider DLC, SteamWorld Heist – Hatbox: Hatful Eight + 2 DLC, SteamWorld Heist – Hatbox: Three 4 Free DLC.
    Wii U Virtual Console: Unannounced as of yet.
  • New game additions on the Apple App Store: [updates Thursday]
    iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch: FIFA 17 Companion App, Agatha Christie: The A.B.C. Murders.
  • New game additions on Steam: [updates all week]
    PC/Mac/Linux: Hitman 2016 – Episode 5: Colorado DLC, Turbo Pug DX, MY FIGHT, Spa Mania 2, Make America Great Again: The Trump Presidency, TEOT – The End OF Tomorrow, Battles of Norghan, Space Journey, EARTHLOCK: Festival of Magic, Pinball FX2 – Marvel’s Women of Power, Dyno Adventure, Ceggtcher VR, Rogue Wizards, Lichtspeer, SMASH+GRAB, Office Freakout, Clustertruck, Gal*Gun: Double Peace, FIVE: Champions of Canaan, Stash: No Loot Left Behind, BowMage, Measurement Problem, Virtually Live presents Formula E Season Two Highlights (Free-to-Play), Pixel Puzzles Ultimate – Puzzle Pack: Jigsaw, The Body VR (Free), Sig.NULL, Security Hole, Angels & Demigods (Free-to-Play), Ortus Arena, God of Word, Just Hero, Twisty’s Asylum Escapades, Osiris: New Dawn, Torch Cave 2, Dungetris, XCavalypse VR (Free), Edge of Twilight – Return To Glory, GRAVEN The Purple Moon Prophecy, Impossiball, OMSI 2 Add-On MAN Citybus Series, Bloody Walls (Free-to-Play), Serial Cleaner, HEBEREKE!: March! Red Army Girls’ Brigade (Free-to-Play), Rogue Operatives, Wuppo, Rayon Riddles – Rise of the Goblin King, Burly Men at Sea, Quantum Break, Blue Effect VR, The Metronomicon, Giant Machines 2017, Merger 3D, Slayer Shock, Cmoar VR Cinema, Laser Disco Defenders, Armies of Riddle CCG Fantasy Battle Card Game, Ahros: One Warrior Chronicle, Rescue Bear Operation (Free-to-Play), BattleTime, Best Buds, Dream Dealer, Galaxy Combat Wargames (Free-to-Play), illumine, Particle Fleet: Emergence, Dungeons & Darkness, Salmon Ninja, NEON Ultra, 28 Waves Later, Beyond Power VR, Desperate Times, VoxreD, PitchFork, Xenoraid, Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, Vertigo, Caravan, The Seven Years War (1756-1763) – Battle Pack, Porradaria 2 – Vladmirson DLC, True or False – Owl Rescue (Free-to-Play), Trick & Treat – The Art Book, Escape from Zellman Orbital (Free-to-Play), StreetCraft, AquaNimble, Soldiers of Heaven VR, Hyper Gods, Kuboom (Free-to-Play), Friday Night Bullet Arena, CLASH, The Infinite Black (Free-to-Play), Half-Life: A Place in the West (Free-to-Play), Recursed, Streamline, Catch Canvas, Streamline (Early Access).

Take a look at the Forza Horizon 3 launch trailer:

Here’s the FIFA 17 TV commercial:

Watch the Hitman – Episode 5: Colorado trailer:

See the new XCOM 2 consoles trailer here:

Check out the Shantae: Half-Genie Hero trailer:

Don’t forget about the Yo-Kai Watch 2 TV spot:

Lastly, here’s a Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice trailer:

What video games will you be playing this week? Any of these?